diff --git a/include/rxrpc/krxtimod.h b/include/rxrpc/krxtimod.h
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+/* krxtimod.h: RxRPC timeout daemon
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_RXRPC_KRXTIMOD_H
+#define _LINUX_RXRPC_KRXTIMOD_H
+
+#include <rxrpc/types.h>
+
+struct rxrpc_timer_ops {
+	/* called when the front of the timer queue has timed out */
+	void (*timed_out)(struct rxrpc_timer *timer);
+};
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * RXRPC timer/timeout record
+ */
+struct rxrpc_timer
+{
+	struct list_head		link;		/* link in timer queue */
+	unsigned long			timo_jif;	/* timeout time */
+	const struct rxrpc_timer_ops	*ops;		/* timeout expiry function */
+};
+
+static inline void rxrpc_timer_init(rxrpc_timer_t *timer, const struct rxrpc_timer_ops *ops)
+{
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&timer->link);
+	timer->ops = ops;
+}
+
+extern int rxrpc_krxtimod_start(void);
+extern void rxrpc_krxtimod_kill(void);
+
+extern void rxrpc_krxtimod_add_timer(rxrpc_timer_t *timer, unsigned long timeout);
+extern int rxrpc_krxtimod_del_timer(rxrpc_timer_t *timer);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_RXRPC_KRXTIMOD_H */